ECO - CURRICULUM VITAE  (October 2014)

 

Born in Alessandria (Piemonte), Italy, January 5, 1932.

 

Academic Degrees

1954 - Laurea in Philosophy at the University of Torino.

1961 - Libero Docente in Aesthetics.

1975-2007 - Ordinario (Full Professor) of Semiotics, University of Bologna

2008 - Professor Emeritus, University of Bologna

1985 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Katolieke Universiteit, Leuven.

1986 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Odense University, Danmark.

1987 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Loyola University, Chicago.

1987 - Doctor Honoris Causa, State University of New York.

1987 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Royal College of Arts, London.

1988 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Brown University.

1989 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Paris, Sorbonne Nouvelle.

1989 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Liège.

1990 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Sofia.

1990 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Glasgow.

1990 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

1992 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Kent University, Canterbury

1993 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Indiana University.

1994 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Tel-Aviv.

1994 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Buenos Aires

1995   Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Athens

1995 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Laurentian University at Sudbury (Ontario)

1996 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw

1996 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University Ovidius, Constanta.

1996 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Santa Clara (California)

1996 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Tartu

1997 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Grenoble

1997 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha.

1998 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Lomonosov University of Moscow.

1998 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Freie Universität, Berlin.

2000 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université du Quebec, Montreal

2001 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Open University

2002 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Rutgers University

2002 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Jerusalem

2002 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Università di Siena

2004 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon

2005 - UCLA Medal

2005 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Università Mediterranea, Reggio Calabria

2007 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Univerza v Ljubljani

2008 - Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Uppsala

2009 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Pontifical Institute, Toronto.

2010 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Sevilla

2010 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Paris II

2013 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Burgos

2014 - Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidade de Rio Grande do Sul

 

Academic Appointments

1961-4     Lecturer in Aesthetics at the University of Torino, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia and at the

                   Politecnico of Milano, Facoltà di Architettura.

1966-69   Associate Professor of Visual Communication, Facoltà di Architettura, University of Firenze.

1969-71   Associate Professor of Semiotics, Facoltà di Architettura, Politecnico di Milano.

1969        Visiting Professor New York University

1971 -.     Editor of VS-Semiotic Studies.

1971-75   Associated Professor of Semiotics, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, University of Bologna.

1972        Visiting Professor Northwestern University

1972-79   Secretary General of the IASS/AIS (International Association for Semiotic Studies);

1979-83   Vice-President of IASS/AIS. Now Honorary President.

1975        Visiting Professor UC-San Diego

1976        Visiting Professor New York University

1976-77, 1980-83: Director of the Istituto di Discipline della Comunicazione e dello Spettacolo, University

               of Bologna.

1977        Visiting Professor Yale University

1978        Visiting Professor Columbia University

1980        Visiting Professor Yale University

1981        Visiting Professor Yale University

1983/88   Director of the Istituto di Discipline della Comunicazione, University of Bologna.

1984        Visiting Professor Columbia University

1986/02   Director of the PhD Program in Semiotics, University of Bologna.

1989 -...   President of the International Center for Semiotic and Cognitive studies, University of San Marino.

1989-95   Member of the CSEO (Executive Scientific Committee) of the University of San Marino

1990        Tanner Lecturer, Cambridge University.

1992/93   Professeur étranger, Collège de France, Paris.

1993        Norton Lecturer, Harvard University.

1993-98:  Chair of Corso di Laurea in Scienze della Comunicazione, University of Bologna.

1996        Professeur étranger, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris

1996        Visiting Fellow of The Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York.

1998        Goggio Lecturer, University of Toronto.

1999 -      President of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Umanistici, University of Bologna.

2002        Weidenfeld Lecturer, Oxford

2002-05   President of the Consiglio Scientifico of the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane

2006-2010      President of the Comitato dei Garanti of the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane

2008        Richard Ellmann Lecturer, Emory University

 

Memberships

1965....       Honorary Trustee of the James Joyce Association.

1994 -.        Honorary President of the IASS/AIS

1991 -      .  Honorary Fellow, Rewley House (now Kellogg College), Oxford.

1992           Member of the International Forum of Unesco

1992 -         Member of the Académie Universelle des Cultures, Paris.

1994 -         Member of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna.

1998 -         Member of the Academia Europea de Yuste

1998 -         Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

2002           Honorary Fellow, St: Anne’s College, Oxford.

2003……   Member of the Council of Advisors of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

2006           Foreign Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences

2011           Member of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei

2011           Membre Associé de l’Académie Royale de Belgique

2011           Foreign member of the Russian Academy of Literature

 

Member of the editorial board of Semiotica, Poetics Today, Degrès, Structuralist Review, Text, Communication, Problemi dell'informazione, Word & Images, VS etc.

 

Awards

1981: Premio Strega, Premio Anghiari, Premio Il Libro dell'anno (Italy).

1982: Prix Medicis Etranger (France) .

1983: Columbus Award of the Rotary Club, Florence.

1985: Marshall McLuhan Award - Unesco Canada and Teleglobe.

1989: Premio Bancarella (Italy)

1992: René Wellek Prize by American Comparative Literature Association

1999  Crystal Award, World Economic Forum, Davos.

2000  Premio Principe de Asturias, Oviedo

2000  Dagmar and Vaclav Havel Vision 97 Foundation Award

2002  Austrian State Award for European Literature

2002  Prix Mediterranée Etranger (France)

2004  Gran Gagliaudo d'Oro della Città di Alessandria

2005  Kenyon Review Award (U.S.A.)

2007  Prize 2007 of the City of Budapest

2007  Premio Internazionale Diritti Umani Città di Orvieto

2007  Premio Letterario Giorgio Calcagno, Almese

2007  McKim Medal of The American Academy in Rome

2011  Cesare Pavese Award, Santo Stefano Belbo

2012  Treaties of Njimegen Medal

2012  Man of the Year – Art Museum of Tel Aviv

2013  Premio Medaglia D’Oro alla cultura italiana in  Argentina

2014 Gutenberg Preis, Mainz

 

Decorations

1981: Honorary Citizen of Monte Cerignone

1985: Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettre (France)

1993: Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (France).

1995: Golden Cross of the Dodecannese, Patmos (Greece).

1996  Cavaliere di Gran Croce al Merito della Repubblica Italiana

1999  Orden pour le Merite für Wissenschaften und Künste (Germany)

2001  Transcendent Satrape du Collège de Pataphysique

2003  Officier de la Legion d'Honneur (France)

2009  Grosse Verdienstkreuz mit Stern des Verdiensrordens des Bundesrepublik Deutschland

2010  Honorary Citizen of Nizza Monferrato

2011  Honorary Citizen of San Leo

2011  Commandeur de la Legion d’Honneur (France)

2013 Honorary citizen of Torre Pellice

 

LECTURES - In addition to lectures and seminars given in Italian universities and cultural institutions, he has given lectures, seminars and working sessions at the following institutions:

ARGENTINA - Universidad de La Plata, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Universidad de Cordoba, Universidad de Rosario, Universidad de Tucuman.

AUSTRALIA - University of Sydney, Monash University-Melbourne, Griffith University-Brisbane, University of Queensland-Brisbane, Murdoch University-Perth, University of Perth.

AUSTRIA - University of Vienna

BELGIUM - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Université de Liège, University of Antwerp, Katolieke Universiteit, Leuven, Palais des Beaux Arts, Bruxelles.

BRAZIL - McKenzie University-São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade do Estado-Rio de Janeiro, Pontificia Universidade Federal-Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Deseno Industrial-Rio de Janeiro, Universidade de Porto Alegre, Universidade de Recife, Universidade de Bahia, Universidade de Curitiba.

BULGARIA - University of Sofia.

CANADA - University of Toronto, Université de Montreal, Université du Québec, Carleton University-Ottawa, Harbourfront Lectures-Toronto.

CHINA – Beijing University, Institute for Social Sciences.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA - Writers Union, Prague, Vize 97.

DENMARK - University of Aarus, University of Odense, University of Roskilde.

EGYPT- Bibliotheca Alexandrina

ESTONY – Tartu and Tallinn Universities

FRANCE - Ecole Pratiques des Hautes Etudes, Université de Paris III, VII and VIII, Université de Perpignan, Colloques de Royaumont, Institut International de Philosophie, Collège de France, Sorbonne Paris I. Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, Université Stendhal, Grenoble, Université de la Franche Comté, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

GERMANY - Freie Universität-Berlin, Technische Universität-Berlin, Ruhr Universität-Bochum, University of Hamburg, Universität Konstanz, University of Dresden.

GREECE - University of Athens.

HOLLAND - University of Amsterdam, University of Nijmegen.

HUNGARY - University of Budapest.

INDIA – Institut Français de Pondicherry; Nehru University Delhi

IRELAND - University College, Dublin.

ISRAEL - University of Tel Aviv; University of Jerusalem.

JAPAN - Japan Foundation, Tokyo.

POLAND - University of Warsaw.

PORTUGAL - Universidade de Lisboa, Universidade de Coimbra, Universidade do Porto.

SLOVENIA – University of Ljubljana

SPAIN - University if Madrid, University of Barcelona, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Universidad de Sevilla, Alhambra de Granada..

SWEDEN - Nobel Foundation. Uppsala University.

SWITZERLAND - University of St. Gall.

TUNISIA - Université de Tunis.

TURKEY – Bosphorus University

U.K. - University of London, University of Oxford, University of Reading, University of Cambridge, Kent University, University of Glasgow, Weindenfeld Lectures, Oxford..

U.R.S.S. and Russia - Writers Union, Moskow, Tibilisi, Taskent, University of Human Sciences Moskow, Russian National Library of Saint-Petersburg, Lomonosov University Moskow.

U.S.A. - New York University, The City University of New York, Brooklyn College, Columbia University, Barnard College, Yale University, Harvard University, Cornell University, Christian Gauss Seminars-Princeton, Cooper Union-NY, Kent University, Tulsa University, UC-Los Angeles, UC-Berkeley, UC-Santa Barbara, San Francisco State College, Stanford University, Riverside University-California, Amherst College, University of Buffalo, Southern California University, Indiana University-Bloomington, University of Illinois-Urbana, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Texas-Austin, University of Colorado-Boulder, University of Kansas, Iowa University, Lehmann College-CUNY, Annenberg School of Communication-Philadelphia, Ann Arbor University, Vanderbilt University-Nashville, Society of Fellows-Columbia University, Society of Fellows-NYU, Pierpont Morgan Library, Pen Club-NY, University of Houston-Texas, Rutgers University, Maison Française-Columbia U., Maison Française-NYU, Casa Italiana-Columbia U., The New York Institute for the Humanities, Johns Hopkins University, University of Atlanta, Porto Rico University, Brown University, Jewish Museum-NY, Smithsonian Institution-Washington, Library of Congress-Whashington, Poetry Center Y-NewYork, Farleigh Dickinson University, New School of Social Sciences NY, Art Institute of Chicago, Folger Shakesperare Library in Washington, Bryn Mawr College (Philadelphia), Public Library New York, Rochester University. ONU, Beineke Library at Yale.

VENEZUELA - Universidad de Caracas, Universidad de Merida, Universidad de Maracaibo, Universidad de Barquisimeto.